The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-20
A PRETTY WAR sropv
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Marry Federal Adjutsnt lame to
When the Federals captnraS e. -
tie town Of =. in Mississippi IT, ,h ut.
took Judge Strong's house f for 't ivy
headquarters. The old iudve WI, ."s
mad. He decided at once to % % ; %as
exile. He borrowed his own c sr ;",o
and horses to convey him and his fang
lily to the river bank, where thew v ,",l
take skiffs. "0u'u
1t looked trife like a funer,, n,o.
cession as the women, yelled and vs p.~
ing, fled solemnly down the stems .na
took their places in the waiting e eus
riage. The judge followed them n
unsmiling dignity. They were co;na
into exile. Their borrowed drives,
slammed the carriage door upon them
and mounted to the box with solemn
"Git up" to his horses. Some ona
halted him from the interior Of ths
house. The hurried step Of a spurred
boot along the big central hall. and
then. standing there with barred head
before them, was the young officer
upon whose unwilling hands the odium
Of this ejectment had been thrust
With a quick military salute to the
yelled women, he turned his troubled
eyes upon the judge, sitting steruly
erect upon the front seat. He held IN
one hand q bird cage, in the othera
basket of blooming hyacinths torn up
by the roots. He knew they all hated
him, and it was hard to say what he
wanted just then to say to them The
hot blood mounted high up to the
white temples that were in such sharp
contrast to his sun-burned cheeks. He
stammered out his errand presently
awkwardly enough. II brought these
thinking the ladies might want to set
them out somewhere else." Indicating
the hyacinths land this''-the bird
cage-''supposing it had been forgot.
ten"
present them to the General in
command with my respects" said the
judges wife in her most patriotic tones
"and tell him, if there is any thing
more we can surrender for his comfort
we hope he will not be too modest 10
indicate it"
ooh, mamma, that Is cruel" A
girls veil was thrown back and pair
of little hands were held out for the
hyacinths. '.It was good of YOU to
think of this. The bird would be in
our way. It's mine. give it to You.
These will take, thank you.' Then
they were gone, and he had nothing
but q memory left, and IL very incun.
venient piece of army baggage on
hand. but never was bird or beast
better cared for than the useless little
yellow warbler.
At the end of the war the family re.
turned. The condition in which they
found the premises was a matter Of
more amazement to the Strongs than it
had been to their neighbors. There
was not one sign left of the enemy's oc.
cupation but the grassy welts on the
lawn and the free sweep of exposure to
the public road, which at first was a
sore trial to the nerves of the whole
family, The judge made it his bust
ness at once to begin sitting the mys.
terry of this unfathercd beneficence to
him and his. A little bird gave him
the right clew. They had been settled
in the old house but few days when
two enormous tubs, each containnsa
thrifty rose-bush, and glittering gill
Chinese pagoda Of birds cage con-
tanning a useless little yellow warbler
were added to their effects These
were dumped abruptly down upon the
portico with no message Of any sort
A tag was fastened to each rose'bush
on which was written: Survival OF tho
tittest" The bird gave them the clew W.
"Why did you do all this for me'
the judge asked. sitting face to race
with the new lawyer, whom he haa
unearthed as his benefactOr
Il don't know that | did do itfor
you," the ex-adjutant said. his eyes
wandering from force Of habit to whete
the birds cage had swung ana luz
rose trees had bloomed behind 'nS
little Office.
"For whom, then?"
"For your daughter-the one ina.
lifted her veil and remembered 70 W
kind and Just to her enemy, even !"
the sharp hours Of her own misery.
God does not make such woman I.
that every day, and some OF ! .s
days, when the soreness has worn 'tseu
out Of her heart and yours, l mean "
ask her to be my wife, MOI ""
though, I bide my time"
1t il safe to conclude that the so's
ness was worn out Of everybody
heart before the day when that str0.r
ing photographer sprung his camel -.
on the old Strong house, wnen WV
family were all grouped on the , s.us.
coed steps, for among the bury '0f u.
ON the steps is the ex-adjutants ~
10 sitting quite close to the }uus',
youngest daughter, and il you lo s'.s'
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